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Race 2 (635)

FWD INSURANCE GOAHEAD GROUP HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1600m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 BIG RETURN (K192) A Badel H/TT Shifted in and bumped out of stalls, mid division, travelled smoothly into home straight, strong run to lead 150m out, margin reduced closing stages but always doing enough.
2 7 JOLLY BRILLIANT (K498) H Bowman B Settled in rear of mid-field, forced to switch around winner 300m out, ran on strongly to close on leader but always held.
3 1 TURIN CHAMPIONS (L024) Z Purton SR Raced in touch with leaders, quickened early in home straight to lead 200m out, soon headed by winner 150m out, stayed on well for a clear third.
4 3 FAMILY KNIGHT (K490) M L Yeung E/SR/TT Rail position in mid-field, ridden 500m out, switched for clear run top of home straight, stayed on but never going pace to get competitive.
5 8 AMAZING AWARD (J236) E Brown B/TT Tracked leader, under pressure 700m out to chase leader, one paced under pressure, flattened out close home.
6 13 FLYING AMANI (K152) M F Poon CP/XB Slowly away, held up last, pushed along widest into home straight, passed plenty of field but never a threat.
7 9 CIRCUIT MARSHAL (K526) C L Chau TT Dropped out from wide draw, pushed along wide into home straight, made up some late ground but never dangerous.
8 11 SMILING FALCON (K459) H Bentley B Raced in touch with leaders against rail, chased along on bend, lacked pace to challenge.
9 4 AESTHETICISM (H289) L Hewitson PC- Waited with towards rear, still in rear top of home straight, blocked off when going for run 250m out, unable to recover.
10 12 AMAZING FUN (H442) M Chadwick TT Showed speed to get across, joined by rival top of home straight, headed 200m out and weakened quickly.
11 5 MASSIVE GLORY (K205) K C Leung CP/TT Three wide in mid-field without cover, under pressure to hold position 700m out, bumped and lost balance 250m out, eased once well held.
12 10 TYCOON EXPRESS (K376) J Moreira TT Sluggish start, three wide in rear of mid-field, pushed along 600m out, hampered and lost balance 250m out, eased off.
13 14 SPECIAL HEDGE (H354) H T Mo B/TT Bumped and lost balance out of stalls, tracked leaders against rail, switched for clear run 500m out, dropped away quickly.
14 2 SHAMZ (L097) K Teetan TT Raced very widest without cover throughout, some headway on bend, lost touch final 300m, left behind.
B : Blinkers BO : Blinker with one cowl only CC : Cornell Collar CP : Sheepskin Cheek Pieces
CO : Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side E : Ear Plugs H : Hood P : Pacifier
PC : Pacifier with Cowls PS : Pacifier with one cowl SB : Sheepskin Browband SR : Shadow Roll
TT : Tongue Tie V : Visor VO : Visor with one cowl XB : Crossed Nose Band
"1" : First time "2" : Replaced "-" : Removed